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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the German soldier tell Thomas when he aims a gun to Thomas' head?
(a) You're dead.
(b) Run.
(c) Sorry.
(d) Pray.

2. What are Charlie and Thomas glad to leave behind?
(a) A couple women who persistently try to seduce them.
(b) Hanley.
(c) Kitchen duty.
(d) Two of their squad members who are mean.

3. What did Thomas used to do at The Duke that he no longer does?
(a) Have drinks with Charlie.
(b) Flirt with the barmaid.
(c) Dance with Molly.
(d) Play darts.

4. Where is the company ordered on the third day?
(a) To move forward to meet the Germans.
(b) To stay in the trenches.
(c) On the firesteps.
(d) To fall back to a new line of trenches.

5. What is Sergeant Hanely's nickname?
(a) Hopeless Hanley.
(b) Hard-hearted Hanley.
(c) Hanley the Hick.
(d) Horrible Hanley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Thomas go after putting on his gas mask?

2. What happens in the next minute after the German soldier sees the English?

3. Where does Thomas aim?

4. Why does the company huddle in their trenches for two straight days?

5. How long does Thomas wait hoping Charlie appears?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Charlie bring Sergeant Hanley's wrath down on the regiment?

2. What are Charlie and Thomas' company told to do one day?

3. What happens to Thomas in the German bunker and who pulls him out?

4. What happens when Thomas arrives in France?

5. What happens when the next wave of shelling stops?

6. What news does Molly announce and how does Charlie respond?

7. How does Thomas experience some of the gas and what happens when a German soldier sees Thomas?

8. What does Thomas wait for for a night and day and what is the outcome?

9. What is the new assignment at Wipers like?

10. While in Wipers, what does the company do for two whole days?

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